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Rohrabacher Receives Death Threat Over Immigrant Bill NewsMax.com WiresHUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - The offices of Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher received dozens of threatening telephone calls Tuesday, including one death threat, after he authored a bill that would limit health care services for illegal aliens. Information on the threats was turned over to police. "It will be forwarded to out detectives," said police Lt. Tom Donnelly. The bill, introduced last week, would require hospitals to report a patient's immigration status before they could be reimbursed for treatment. Patients found to be in the United States illegally could be deported. Threatening calls began after the bill was discussed on a New York radio station Tuesday. The office received so many calls they stopped answering the phone, said Rohrabacher's assistant, Kathleen Hollingsworth. Staffers then listened to voice mails left at the office, one of which said, "I'm coming to kill you," she said. "This is not just somebody I've angered and who's expressing some hostility. These are gruesome threats that I will be attacked and killed," Rohrabacher said.
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